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GRAIN HEADER- No. 286,436. Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

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ELIJAH HICKMAN, OF RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA.

GRAIN-HEADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of- Letters Patent no. 286,436, dated October 9, 1883.

Application filed May 3, lfiSl. (Mom-1.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELIJAH HICKMAN, of

Red Bluff, in the county of [ehama and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grain-Headers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a plan 'view of my improvement, parts being broken away. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a side elevation of the same, p arts being broken away. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is a rear elevation of the same, parts being broken away and the tongue being shown in section.

The object of this invention is to promote efficiency in the operation of headers, and also to promote convenience in controlling and operating the said headers.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims. 7

tached a horizontal cross-head, E, which is hinged to the middle cross-bar of the frame A, so as to allow the front end of the tongue a free vertical play on its cross-head E.

To the rear end of the tongue 0, or to an up-. right, F, attached to the said end, is hinged or pivoted the standard G, to the slotted lower end of which is pivoted a caster-wheel, H. The rear end of the tongue 0 is designed to be provided with a platform for the driver to ride To a slotted standard, I, attached to the connecting-bar D, is fulcrumed a lever,J, the said standard I having a number of holes formed in it to receive the fulcrum-bolt, so that the position of the said lever J can be adjusted as required. The forward end of the lever J is hinged to a support attached to the tongue C at or near its cross-head E, and the rear end of the said level; projects into such a position that it can be readily reached and operated by the driver to raise and lower the front of the machine. t v

To the front of the frame A is attached the platform K, the forward edge of which is providedwith a sickle-bar, L. The sickle-bar L is driven from the drive-wheel B by a bent lever, H, a connecting-rod, N, a cranl r, O, and gear-wheels P Q, or by other suitable gearing. The platform K is also provided with an endless apron, R, which passes around rollers S, pivoted to the frame of the platform or to bearings attached to the said frome.

The endless apron R is driven from the drive-wheel B by gear-wheels T U, attached, respectively, to the journal of the said drive wheel and to the rearwardly-extendcd journal of one of the rollers of the said endless aprons H.

To the delivery end of the platform K is hinged the eXtension-platibrm V, which serves as an elevator to deliver the cut grain into a wagon drawn at the side of the machine.

To the upper part of the frame of the extension-platform V is hinged the ends of a bail, V9, to the center of which is attached the end of a rope, X. The rope X passes around a guide-pulley, Y, pivoted in the slotted end of the bar Z, secured to the hinged tongue, and passes thence to and around a guidepulley, u, pivoted to a support, I), attached to the tongue'O, a little in front of the rearcross-bar of the frame A. From the pulley a the rope X passes upto the rear cross-bar of the frame A, where it is adjustably secured by a belaying-cleat' or other suitable means. With this construction, by drawing up and letting out the rope X, the outer end of the elevator V can be raised and lowered and secured at any height, as may be required. It is then maintained at that height, notwithstanding the varying heights at which the main frame A may be adjusted, the pulley actingto take up the cord X and raise said outer end of the elevator frame V when the cutter-bar isdepressed, and give out slack and lower the same when the cutterbar is raised.

The bar Z rests upon the slotted upper end of a standard, a, the lower end of which is pivoted in a socketor hearing in the crosshead E of the tongue 0. The rear end of the bar Z is inserted in a socket or keeper, d, attached to the tongue 0.

To the forward end of the bar Z is attached the end of a guy-rope, e, the other end of which is secured to the frame A. to hold the said bar Z against the side pull of the elevator V.

To the journal of the small gear-wheel P is attached a pulley, f, around which passes an endless belt, which is crossed and passes around a pulley, h, attached to the end of the shaft The shaft i revolves in bearings 3', attached to the upper sides of the rear ends of the bars 70, and to the said shaft, at the inner sides of the said bars 70, are attached pulleys Z, around which pass endless belts m. and which are flanged to keep the said belts in place upon the said pulleys. The belts m also pass around pulleys n, pivoted to supports attached to the frame of the platform K, alittle in the rear of the sickle-bar L, and in such positions that the cross-bars 0, attached to the endless belts m,

will pass close to the sickle-bar L, and will thus force the grainstalks against the sickles in proper position to be out. n

The bearings j are slotted to receive the fastbolts 0" or other suitable means, to the stand ards 8, attached to the forward parts of the side bars of the frame A. The rear ends of the bars k are slotted to receive the bolts 9", and the standards s have a number of holes formed in them to receive the said bolts, so that the said bars 70 can be readily adjusted to cause the bars 0 of the endless belts m to work closer to or far- Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a grain-header, the combination, with the frame A, hinged tongue 0, and hinged elevator-frame V, of the-,bailNV, the bar Z, secured-to the tongue and provided with guidepulley Y, the guide-pulley a, located on said tongue, and rope X, secured at one end to the bail WV, thence passing around the guide-pulleys Ya, and adjustably secured at its opposite end to a belaying cleat secured to the frame, whereby the hinged eXtension-platform can be adjusted as desired, and securely supported at an unvarying height regardless of the different heights at which the cutter-bar may be adjusted, substantially as set forth.

2. In a grain-header, the combination, with the frame A,,platform K, sickle-bar L, endless belt R, and endless-chain reel 1 Zn m 0, of the drive-wheel B, gear-wheels P Q T U, pu1- leysf h, belt 9, rollers S, the journalof one of which is extended and provided with the gearwheel U, crank O, pitman N, and bent lever M, substantially as shown and described.

ELIJAH HIOKMAN. Witnesses:

G. R. BARRY, A. LOOKWOOD, JOHN OLEMEN'rs. 

